This is an analysis of the poem Décadents that begins with:
Nos pères étaient forts, et leurs rêves ardents,
S’envolaient d’un coup d’aile au pays de Lumière....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111111110 10011111010 11111001111 110101110101 101010110110 110011111110 1101011100 1011010010 110110010 11001010110 1110110110 110111100 11110111010111 10101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, nous, la are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nous is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Décadents;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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